8 Valve holder/stand made for your workshop

[Guest]

Made from 10mm alloy plate and 12.9mm copper tubing you find behind your bathroom walls. Alloy plugs need to be made to secure the tubes to plate using press fitting or screwing together. All measurements are in mm, sorry.

[2BRacing]

Very nice! I like "purpose-made" items like this one for the workshop.

I do not have free access to the specialist machinery required to make this item (and assume high cost would be an issue if machining is outsourced), so I always make do with punching holes in a small cardboard box and labelling the holes with a permanent marker!

[sharpy]

Base will be made from solid, with no cutaway. Already done the top with bandsaw, drill press and linisher/polisher. and thanks.

[GregT]

I'm admittedly cheap - these plus a couple others have worked for me for years.
Two layers of MDF and judicious use of a holesaw and drill.
I have several for 8V heads and another somewhere for GSX with holes for the rocker shafts on the ends.

[sharpy]

Looks good, but do your mates say "OMG you have too much times on your hands, your a idiot or WTF for?" Mine do a lot

[GregT]

Looks good, but do your mates say "OMG you have too much times on your hands, your a idiot or WTF for?" Mine do a lot

Mmm, yes, I can understand why they do that, LOL...

Those stands of mine are in pretty steady use. The 20V yamaha one was only emptied out at the weekend. I find if you haven't got them, you always need them....

[Big Jay]

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[sharpy]

Ive seen those before. But i believe in the "Ikea Effect" If you make it yourself its always better.

[pete]

Nice one Sharpy! And yep, I'm of the DIY mind myself as well! My Kat head came along with all the valves in a container... so right now it doesn't matter which one goes where as long as exhaust goes in exhaust etc.